Table 5.

Summary of relative organ weight¹⁾ changes (%) in rats fed corn silk extract in subacute toxicity study

Parameter	Dose of corn silk extract (mg/kg body weight)
	0 (control)	5	50	500
Brain	1.43±0.092)	1.46±0.07	1.48±0.05	1.52±0.15
Heart	0.5±0.03	0.49±0.02	0.51±0.03	0.49±0.03
Liver	5.52±0.98	5.33±0.26	5.09±0.38	5.27±0.63
Spleen	0.43±0.04	0.44±0.09	0.46±0.05	0.44±0.06
Kidney (left)	0.79±0.08	0.79±0.05	0.75±0.04	0.74±0.08
Kidney (right)	0.79±0.11	0.85±0.05	0.8±0.02	0.79±0.06
Lung	0.65±0.06	0.69±0.12	0.70±0.07	0.66±0.05
Testis (left)	0.35±0.03	0.30±0.02	0.35±0.03	0.35±0.01
Testis (right)	0.37±0.03	0.35±0.02	0.36±0.03	0.36±0.02
Epidydymus (left)	0.17±0.02	0.14±0.02	0.15±0.01	0.16±0.02
Epidydymus (right)	0.16±0.02	0.16±0.02	0.15±0.02	0.14±0.02
Prostate	0.05±0.02	0.04±0.02	0.04±0.02	0.03±0.02

¹⁾Relative organ weight=(organ weight/28-d body weight)×100.

²⁾Data are presented as mean±SD (n=5 in each group, P>0.05 for all comparisons between corn silk extract treated groups and the control group).